Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer |
Monday, July 07, 2003
Wal-Mart - And A Huge Sex Discrimination Claim
During a meeting last October, Tom Coughlin, the chief of Wal-Mart's U.S. stores, looked out at a room full of division heads and top line managers and saw that something wasn't right. He rearranged the room, asking people to sit by gender and ethnicity so that they could see what he saw: a whole bunch of white men.Although the company has gone a long way in changing its reputation as an employer, any time you have as many employees as Wal-Mart, there is no way that you are not going to be subject to serious challenge to at least some of your practices on a regular basis. No matter how well intentioned those at the top.
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